Hat-hook



(No Model.)

0. I. FOSTERM HAT HOOK.

N0.'s57,192. ,Patented 11610.8,1881

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

OBRA I. FOSTER, OE HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 357,192, dated February8, 1887.

Applicationfiled May 6, 1886.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OBRA I. FOSTER, of Haverhill, county of Essex, andState of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Hat-Hooks, ofwhich the following description, infconnection with. the accompanyingdrawing,is a specification, like letters on the drawing representinglike parts. 3'

This invention has for its object to construct a hat-hook which may bereadily applied to an ordinary wardrobe-hook or other garmentsupport.

In accordance with this invention, a strip of material, preferably wire,is bent at one end to form a support for a`hat, and at its opposite endto embrace an ordinaryhook or projecting support, the said strip beingalso preferably bent adjacent to the supportinghook in o rder that theupright or shank of the hat-hook may 'lie a suficient distaneefrom thesupportinghook to which it is attached to permit a coat or other garmentto be hung upon thesaid supporting-hook.

The drawing shows in side elevation a detachable hat-hook embodying thisinvention.

The supporting-hook, having the two supporting ends fr b,is of usualconstruction.

The hat-hook consists of a strip of metal preferably wire, bent at oneend into a circular form, as at c, and turned at right angles withrelation to'tlie shanleor upright d, to form a fiat support upon which ahat may be placed.` The opposite end ofthe strip of wire is bent overupon itself for a short distance to form a loop or clamp, having thesideportions, c e2, the extreme end e of the portion e being turned overto form an engaging end. The two portions e c2 are bent or curvedinwardly toward each other at a point intermediate of their length, thusforming substantially two loops or eyes to clasp or embrace the hookedends a b of the supportinghook. The shank d,upturned from the portione,is slightly bent outward at its lower end, or V-shaped, so as to leavea suneient space at the end of the sup' porting-hook to receive a coator other gar'- ment and not interfere with the shank, and

the top portion of the shank d is bent at d in Serial No. 201,316.' (Nomodel.)

ordinary construction, greatly adding to the efiieieney of the latterwith buttrifling cost.

It is obvious that, instead of attaching the device to a supporting-hookupon which other garments may be hung, it maybe attached to any otherprojecting support, and it may also be variously bent to answer therequirements for which it is needed.

I claimr l. A detachable hathook, it consisting of a strip of metalprovided with a loop or clamp at one end to embrace the fixed hook orsupport, and a vertically-extended shank portion upon which the hat isplaced, substantially as described.

2. The hat-hook herein described, it consisting of a strip of metalprovided with a loop or clamp at one end yand adapted to receive 4a hatupon its other end, combined with a hook or support embraced by the saidloop or clamp of the hat-hook, substantially as described.

3. VThe hat-hook herein described, it consisting of a strip ofinetalbent to form a loop ,or clamp, and turned upward to form a shank tosupport the hat, combined with a hook or support to which the saidhat-hook is removably attaehed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to .this specification in thepresence-of two subscribing witnesses.

oERA i. EosT-ER.

, Witnesses:

F. CUTTER,

BERNIOE J. Novias.

